Global Asset Management
Plans to Open Tokyo Office

HONG KONG -- London-based fund management company Global Asset Management Ltd., or GAM, will open a new Asian office in Tokyo by mid-1997, GAM Chairman Gilbert de Botton said.

GAM currently operates regional offices in Singapore and Hong Kong which manage US$3.5 billion in assets. The company has invested some $3.5 billion in Asian markets, of which $1.5 billion is in Japan. In total, GAM oversees $10 billion world-wide, Mr. de Botton...